Sunshyne Regal was born on the Southside of Chicago. As a young girl she loved to read books and write short stories. One of her favorite classes in school was in English. She took creative writing courses in college with dreams of one day writing her own book. In the summer of 2017, with the encouragement of her mother she decided to stop dreaming and start writing. She did this while working her regular job as a school bus driver and running her small business Sunshyne's Body Naturals. She was so desperate to prove to herself that she could do it, she wrote 90% of her book in Google Docs on her phone. Sunshyne Regal resides in Waukegan, IL with her husband of 20 years, six wonderful children and three grandchildren.